"Forget about deciding what's right for each other.  Here's what you need to be concerned about:
That you don't get in the way of someone else, making life more difficult than it already is.
I'm convinced ~ Jesus convinced me! ~ that everything as it is in itself is holy.  We, of course, by the way we treat it or talk about it, can contaminate it."  
Romans 14:13-14

Today I ask for forgiveness for the unloving thoughts & feelings I've been having lately about the unfairness of this world.

How,
in one breath,
we can criticize the youth of today,
saying they have no respect for their elders,
saying they act the way they do because they're so "of the world",
out of control,
saying we,
as their parents,
certainly didn't act so bad,
allowing ourselves to take none of the blame,
& then,
in the next breath we take, 
we adults,
we,
the parents of the youth,
gossiping about another behind their back,
whispering about the way they dress, act, or speak, 
condeming another,
even before we truly know them,
know what they're like,
what they're aboout,
what they stand for. 

Does anyone else get this?
Am I the only one?

This is all a form of BULLYING!!!!!

And it begins at home.

This is where our children,
the youth of today,
learn this.

If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

Excerpted from the book CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE
©1998 by Dorothy Law Nolte and Rachel Harris

It starts at home... : (